Alumni sorority chapters form in Monroe and area
College sorority alumni in Monroe organize active groups with Delta Beta Sigma Delta Zeta and Chi Omega sections. Local and Winnfield alumni join meetings with plans for luncheons, winter chair elections, and outreach to Shreveport chapters while notable members like Mrs E F Ricketts join Monroe Chi Omega.
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Monroe
Delta Beta Sigma
Kappa Delta
Delta Zeta
Credille Calhoun
H. K. Kent
Sarah Elizabeth Moffett
Herbert Steed
J. L. Adams
Robert Williams
Jim Malone
Clara Wood
Jack Rawls
Bastrop
Marie Louise Gross
Lake Providence
Winnfield
Dorothy Nugent
Gloria Nugent
Poinsett Johnson
Helen Gail
Bozeman
Florence Kelso
Jane Fargeson
Margaret Grigsby
Delta Zetas
Calhoun
Kent
Shreveport
Chi Omegas
Che Che Hinkle
Jackson
Miss
Ricketts
Knitting for Red Cross Urgently Seeks Volunteers in Monroe
Knitting groups in Monroe report 354 sweaters finished with nearly 500 more needed by December to meet the Red Cross quota. An instructor, Mrs. Wilson Williams, will train new volunteers in groups of five or more and can be reached at 5449-J.
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Monroe
Red Cross
The
Wilson Williams
Patterned Fall Dress for Plaids and Woolens
Pattern 8814 offers a straight front sports dress in sizes 12 to 20 with a flat back line. Fabrics include plaids gabardine and wool crepe. See pattern No 8814 for yardage. send 15c plus name address pattern number and size to The News-Star World Pattern Service New York.
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News-Star— World Today
106Th Avenue
New York
N. Y
Illustrated Fashion Book
Twin Cities Top Milk Ratings Include Monroe and West Monroe
The United States Public Health Service accredits the Twin Cities for milk safety with Monroe and West Monroe added to the national list. Only 68 cities meet the strict rating, based on grade A pasteurized and raw milk standards, with ratings valid within two years.
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Twin Cities
United States Public Health Service
Louisiana
Federal Milk Inspection Service
Monroe
West Monroe
Douglas Williams
Ouachita Parish
The
Public Health Service
State Milk-Sanitation Authority
Strange Slaying Trial Opens on Belcher Island
The trial of seven Eskimos for the murder of nine of their own people in a religious quarrel begins in a tent courtroom on Belcher Island Hudson Bay Aug 19. Justice C P Plaxton leads the Ontario Supreme Court panel after a 13 day schooner voyage from Moose Factory. About 50 Eskimos greet the party including women among those facing charges. Four of the nine victims were children who died after being left in the cold last February.
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Belcher Island
Hudson Bay
Canada
C. P. Plaxton
Ontario Supreme Court
Moose Factory
Ont
Highways Dept Seeks Bids on Cameron East Road and Pine-Thomas Blacktop
The Louisiana Department of Highways issued invitations for bids on paving 5.86 miles of the Cameron East highway and blacktopping 9.77 miles of the Pine-Thomas highway towns in Cameron and Washington parishes. Proposals are due September 17.
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Baton Rouge
Department of Highways
Cameron Parish
Washington Parish
Cameron East
Pine-Thomas
Whit Car Well Receives Permit for North Eighth Street Workshop
Sam H. Awl city building inspector announced issuance of a permit to Whit Car Well for a one story frame workshop on North Eighth Street. The shop will have one room, a composition roof, employ day labor, and its cost is listed.
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Whit Carwell
Sam H. Awl
North Eighth Street
Local charity seeks discarded electric fans donation
A local charitable group issues a plea for old or discarded electric fans to aid those in need. Donors should contact Mrs. S F Gremillion at 4464. Separately, the war era note states that over 20 000 Londoners have been charged with violating food regulations since the war began.
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S. F. Gremillion
Major Meigs O Frost in Monroe on recruiting visit
Major Meigs O Frost, in charge of public relations for the southern Marine Corps recruiting division, stayed in Monroe overnight en route to Little Rock. A former Times-Picayune staffer, he noted the southern division covers 11 states and praised the growing Marine Corps enlistment.
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Little Rock
Ark
Meigs O. Frost
Marine Corps
Southern Division
Recruiting Service
Monroe
Frost
Times-Picayune
New Orleans
Picayune
Sigma Delta Chi
Louisiana
Mississippi
Marine Corps Recruiting Service
Deaths in Mississippi Louisiana and Bastrop area noted
Obituaries span three localities with prominent figures: David F Miller of Waterproof La dies after paralysis stroke at 60, leaving 11 children and a long role as Tensas parish school board president. James C Sanders a 65 year old retired planter from Richland parish dies near Delhi La. Evie Dalton Bastrop assistant cashier of Bastrop bank dies after short illness. Funeral details and survivors listed.
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Ferri
David Franklin Miller
Waterproof
Natchez
Natchez City
Miller
Tensas Parish
Highland
David Drake Miller
Rachel Ulrich Miller
Adams County
Miss
Emily Maher
John A. Miller
Mary Miller
Camillie Miller
New Orleans
Howard Netterville
Guy Hunter
L. W. Cook
J. C. Wilkinson
Emile Ehlert
Sheriff FE. D. Coleman
Hobson M
Alexander
Funeral services set for John Nichols Ogbourne
John Nichols Ogbourne 88 died late Monday at his Bastrop residence. Funeral services will be held at 10 30 A M Wednesday at the residence with interment in Christ Church cemetery. Robinson Funeral home Bastrop directing. Rev C E McLean pastor of the First Church officiating.
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Delhi
James C. Sanders
Richland Parish
Here
Sanders
Guy Sanders
James Shelby Sanders
Port Arthur
Tex
Mae Mcfachern
Dan Sanders
Prentiss
Bastrop
Evie Dalton
Bastrop Bank
Methodist Church
Thomas Dalton
D. N. Dalton
Lena Garnett
Annie D. Mooner
The
Bank
John Nichols Ogbourne
Robinson Funeral Home
Christ Church Cemetery
C. E. McLean
Obituary notices from Bastrop and Delhi state notable passings
Methodist Church of Bastrop to officiate for Mr. Ogbourne a long‑time Morehouse Parish resident born in Mt. Pleasant Alabama. Lonnie L. Strube of Delhi dies at 44. funeral at Delhi Baptist Church with Mulhearn Funeral home handling arrangements. Strube survived by wife Lauretta and six siblings and four sisters among other relatives.
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Methodist Church of
Bastrop
Ogbourne
Morehouse Parish
Mt. Pleasant
Ala
John Ogbourne
Abilene
Tex
J. B. Rawlinson
Bertie
Blanche Ogbourne
T. H. McCreight
Lonnie L. Strube
Delhi
Delhi Hospital
C. H. Davis
Vicksburg
Mattie Rogers
Houston
Lorene Strube
Gibsland
Mercury Hits 99 To Break Temperature Record
News notes record heat as the official city thermometer reaches 99 at Selman Field between 3 and 4 pm. Observers report a high of 104 at city hall, with past records of 98 on July 1 and 104.5 on August dates.
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CAA Communications
Selman Field
City Hall
CAA
Barking Dogs May Injure Nerves In Ardm
Helen Murphy complained that neighbor Gordon Cook's dog and four puppies harassed her nerves. Justice Walter Lownes found barking may harm the nervous system and fined Cook $2 plus $7 costs for noise violations.
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Ardmore
Helen Murphy
Gordon Cook
Justice of the Peace
Walter B. Lownes
Births Reported at St Francis Sanitarium
St Francis sanitarium lists births including twin boys to Mr and Mrs Marion Shelton of Gilbert and a girl to Mr and Mrs R K Wade of Farmerville Bay born Monday morning. Also noted is D H Haynes family of 605 Park Avenue with a newborn son Charles Joseph Jr born Monday in Jonesboro Louisiana.
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St. Francis Sanitarium
Marion Shelton
Gilbert
R. K. Wade
Farmerville Bay
D. H. Haynes
Park Avenue
Jonesboro
Charles Joseph, Jr
Local Birth Announcements Include Several New Arrivals
August births reported for Elizabeth Ann Baragona in Jonesboro, a daughter to Mrs A N Ramsey. A son born August 12 to Aswell Mathews of Baton Rouge. A son born August 12 to Mr and Mrs L D Miller. William Hilton Talton born August 14 at 310 Olive Street. A son born Friday at Vaughan Wright Bendel clinic to H B Dean. A daughter born Tuesday at St Francis Sanatorium to J M Dillard of West Monroe.
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Hodge Clinic
Charles J. Baragona
Elizabeth Ann
A. N. Ramsey
Jonesboro
Aswell Mathews
Baton Rouge
B. L. Talton
Olive Street
William Hilton
H. B. Dean
Wood Street
Vaughan-Wright-Bendel Clinic
J. M. Dillard
West Monroe
St. Francis Sanitarium
Coast Guard Seeks Local Applicants From Monroe Area
Seven youths from the region submitted Coast Guard applications announced by B B Rawls chief boatswain's mate recruiting officer stationed near Shreveport. Applicants include Robert W Jones Ezra R Brandin Kimball O Canterbury Matthew A Maxwell Joe O Buckley Robert Glen Burford and Clyde W Williams. Rawls will operate a recruiting desk in the post office lobby Mondays and Tuesdays for an indefinite period. Gasoline sold in Alberta for farm machinery is colored purple.
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United States Coast Guard
B. B. Rawls
Shreveport
Coast Guard
Robert W. Jones
Monroe
Ezra R. Brandin
Kimball O. Canterbury
Matthew A. Maxwell
Hebert
Joe O. Buckley
Grayson
Robert Glen Burford
Farmerville
Clyde W. Williams
Delhi
Rawls
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Eve C. Bradford
Louisville
Anita Louise Pereyere
Aes
Roosevelt
Churchill
Fievey Kemal Lawe * Lynn
Reagan Million Dollar “Baby
Marx Bros
W. A. Harvey
Charles H. Calhoun
Tallulah
John Robinson
Thelma Mitchell
Natchitoches
Mitchell
Mrs. Robinson
Fred Fudickar
Mary Louise
Ann Carter Johnston
Azulikit
Lake St. John
Edward G. Robinson
Marlene Dietrich
George Raft
President Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Greer Garson
Walter Pidgeon
Don Ameche
Mary Martin
Oscar Levant
Rochester
Joan Kathan
L. J. Kathan
Walter Marley Scott, Jr
Horace Lee
Peggy Claughton
Lee
Gloria Anne Hoke
Lottie Louise Lee
Alex Blanche
Louise Freeman
Myles Hopkins
Kathan
W. M. Scott
D. C. Johnson
Mason Spencer
R. C. Gaines
F. A. Buckner
Elizabeth Bettis
Ralph Lee
R. R. Taylor
George Yerger, Jr
James Gilfoil
A. J. Sevier
Gus Irving
Dean Moberly
Maurice Frasier
Hazel Kathan
James Sevier
Florence Pierson
W. 5. Craig
Mary Pinney Hopkins
C. H. Todd
N. C. Thompson
West
North Third Street
T. J. Hardeman
Mrs
A. O. Evans
Peggy Morrison
J. W. Morrison
Patsy Wilds
St. Joseph, la
Elise Abernathy
W. R. Huhner
South Grand Street
Dixie Club O. E. S
S. K. Caikoff
South 2Nd St
Rice Brothers of
KWKH
Central Grammar School
Painters’ Auxiliary No
Robert Danter
Kitty
Annielee Davis
Prentice Massey
Betty Sue Dixson
Nora Newman
Patricia Black
Joseph Shippman
R. J. Goza, Jr
Betty Ann Windham
Patsy Ann Windham
Christine Tyler
Peggy Frantom
Mildred Keller
Winnine Graham Breard
Hopewell Plantation
Elmgrove
Miss Keller
Jack Caplis
Kathleen Myers
Floye Rhodes
Miss Myers
C. M. Jordan
Miss Rhodes
Evelyn Rhodes
W. R. Lambert
Jessie Pheodora Lambert
Clayton Lawrence
J. M. Alford
Wisner
Richard Arlen
Lillian Palmer
Barry Mackay
Tim McCoy
Meigs O
David F. Miller
John N. Ogbourne
Marine Officer
Lonnie Strube
Mercury
LO Si
Ford
Family Shoe Store
DeSiar
Monroe, LA
Canadian
Alberta
Lincoln - Zephyr
Monroe Auto & Supply Co., Inc
Mr. Herbert Rinehart
Montgomery Ward
News-Star
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